..The goals of this study were to explore the reasons why some clinical teachers do not participate in centralised faculty development activities and to learn how we can make faculty development programmes more relevant to teachers' needs...

..What do these texts communicate about institutional excellence, or the excellence of potential applicants to medical school? How are discourses related to social accountability, such as those concerning diversity and equity, represented?..

..Journal clubs are active at many universities and they involve many specialties and subspecialties. There is a surprising dearth of journal clubs which deal with articles related to the science of medical education...

Development and impact evaluation of an e-learning radiation oncology module

..A web-based interactive module designed to improve residents' knowledge and application of key anatomy concepts pertinent to radiotherapy treatment planning was developed, and its effectiveness was assessed...

The importance of physician listening from the patients' perspective: enhancing diagnosis, healing, and the doctor-patient relationship

..Clinical teachers rarely receive formal instruction in the basic concepts and principles of education. It is usually assumed that expertise as a practitioner will translate into effectiveness as a teacher...

A systematic review of faculty development initiatives designed to improve teaching effectiveness in medical education: BEME Guide No. 8

..A notably smaller percentage of award recipients shared these views. Nonetheless, 93% of recipients valued the award highly, and 45% of recipients indicated that the award inspired them to enhance the quality of their teaching...

Faculty development for teaching and evaluating professionalism: from programme design to curriculum change

..As the evaluation of professional behaviors has been identified as an area for development, the Professionalism Mini-Evaluation Exercise (P-MEX) was developed using the mini-Clinical Examination Exercise (mini-CEX) format...

..Two scholars had pursued further study at a master's level. Despite the ongoing challenge of protecting time for educational pursuits, this program has been beneficial in helping to develop educational leaders in the Faculty of Medicine...

Surgery residents and attending surgeons have different perceptions of feedback

..A reframing of discourses could potentially generate greater inclusiveness in policy development processes, and afford disadvantaged and marginalized groups more participatory roles in the discussion...

Learning together to teach together: interprofessional education and faculty development